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Tim Kinsella reveals inspiration of Cap'n Jazz lyrics

Tim Kinsella reveals inspiration of Cap'n Jazz lyrics

Since legendary Chicago band Cap’n Jazz reunited earlier this year, Tim Kinsella has done only two interviews. Today Eight Forty-Eight airs one of them, a conversation between music critic Althea Legaspi, Kinsella and guitarist Victor Villareal. The feature-length interview aired on Eight Forty-Eight. What you won’t hear in that interview, however, is Kinsella commenting on performing music written in his teens as a thirty-something. Among other things, he surprises band-mate Victor Villareal by revealing that “90% of the lyrics on that record were written in one night the first time I took mushrooms and sat by a campfire.”

Wow- who knew?

Listen to that part of the interview here: web-extra-Capn-Jazz[1].mp3

For more on Tim Kinsella and his Cap’n Jazz band-mate and brother Mike Kinsella, listen to WBEZ’s 2006 audio documentary “aKinsellapolothology": web-extra-kinsellapolothology[1].mp3

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